When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.